Mounting for centrifugal clothes wringers



Nov. 13, 1923.

' J. F. GEIBEL,

MOUNTING FOR CENTRIFUGAL CLOTHES WRINGERS '2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 21. i922 diff-01 meg/z? Nov. 13, 1923.

J. F. GEIBEL MOUNJTING FOR GENTRIFUGAL CLOTHES WRINGERS v "Filed Jan. 21. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 13, 1923.

UNITED STATES JQEN 1*. career, or BUFFALO, new roan.

MOUNTING FOR CEKTRIFUGAL CLOTHES WBINGEBS.

Application filed January 21, 1922. Serial No. 530,971.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. Gnnsnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo,'in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mountings for Centrifugal Clothes Wringers, of which the following is a. specification. a

This invention relates more particularly to a mounting for clothes-wringers of the rotary or centrifugal type. u

4 The object of the invention is to provide a mounting of this character which ma be readily attached to a stationary wash tub or equivalent support without in any way altering its construction, and which is so constructed as to reliably support the wringer andat the same time permit sufficient lateral vibration to avoidv destructive j ar or straining of the mounting and the tub. In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mounting applied to a set of stationary tubs. Figure 2' is a top plan view thereof. Figure 3 is an end view thereof. Figure 4 is a horizontal section on line 4-4, Fig. 3. Figure 5 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section on line 55, Fig. 2. Figure 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4, showing a modification of the improvement.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

For purposes of illustration, the improvement is shown as supporting a clotheswringer of the centrifugal type, wherein 10 J indicates a cylindrical receptacle open at its top and provided with a solid or imperforate bottom 11. Arran ed to revolve within this receptacle is a cy 'ndrical perforated cage 12 which is free to rotate on a stationary shaft 13 extending upwardly into said re-. ceptable. This cage has a solid bottom which .isv provided with an annular row of depending vanes or blades 14against which a jet of water or other motive-fluid is adapted to be directed to revolve said cage, this jet being delivered by the customary nozzle 14,

Secured to the underside of the receptable 10 is a suitable bottom frame which is preferably Y-shaped and constructed of bars of angle iron or the like. Thisframe, as

clearly shown in'Fig. 4, comprisesaradial front bar 15, and two rearwardly-diverging' rear bars 16, 17 formingthree bearing points for the frame. Bolts 18 serve to rigidly fasten this frame to the receptacle.

The lower end of the shaft 13 is provided with a reduced stem 19 which passes through an opening 20 at the junction of the frame bars, the shoulder 21 formed by said stem bearing against awasher 22, while a nut 23 serves to securely fasten said shaft to the frame.

The means for mounting the supporting frame of the wringer on the customary stationary wash tub 24 or the like, are preferably constructed as follows:

25 indicates a channeled supporting clamp which is adapted to fit over the upper edge of the tub; in the drawings,- it is shown as applied to one of the end walls thereof.

[This clamp may be securely held in place by thumb screws '26 or other fastenings.

Near one end, the clamp is provided with a round upright stud 27 which is fitted in an opening 28 in the corresponding end of the rear frame bar 17. The outer end of the other rear frame bar 16 rests upon the clamp but is preferably disconnected therefrom, 1

as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. At its free end, the last-named frame bar in provided with a downwardly-curved lip or cam 29 which may be integral therewith or attached thereto by any suitable means. Normally, this cam lip extends below or overhangs the inner longitudinal edge of the clamp 25 as shown in ig. 1 and by 1111 line's in Fi 5.

30 indicates a *diagonal brace rod or bracket extending fromthe bottom or lower portion of thetub'24 to the outer "portion .of the front frame bar 15 and serving to support the overhanging front'end' of the 'wringer, so that it occupies a substantially horizontal osition}; as shown in F igs. 1',

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3 and 5. T is brace rod is threaded at its I lower end and passes loosely through an opening 31 formed in a lug 32 of an angleplate 33 which is adapted to engage the lower end of the tub 24. An adjusting nut 34 on the brace rod abuts against the front lug. 32. The upper end of said brace rod terminates in an upright stud 35 which engages a corresponding opening 36 in the outer end of the frame bar 15, and extend-' ing inwardly from the base of this stud is a horizontal shoulder or bearing portion 37 upon which said frame bar rests.

In orderto reliably hold the bottom frame of the wringer upon the clamp -25.and the brace rod 30 and prevent upwarddisplacement thereof, a' yielding connection is employed between said bottom frame and the tub 24. This connection preferably comprises a coil spring 38 having its upper end attached to the central portion of said frame, while its lower end is connected to one end of an adjusting device which is preferably in the form of a chain 39. The other end of this chain is fastened to an upward extension of .the angle plate 33, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The spring 38 is normally under sufiicient tension to hold the angle plate 33 in engagement with the tub, the brace 30 co-operating with said spring for this purpose without requiring additional fastenings of any kind. The tension of the spring can be adjusted, as required, by engaging its hooked lower end with one or another of the links of the chain 39. This adjustment, together with the nut 34 of the brace rod 30, enables the wringer-mounting to be adapted to any ordinary-sized tub.

It is not always possible to load thecage 12 of the wringer evenly with clothes, and when unevenly loaded, considerable lateral vibration is caused by the centrifugal force developed by the high speed of the cage. If the wringer-mounting were perfectly rigid, this vibration would greatly strain the same and the tub. To permit such vibrating action under the above conditions, one of the rear bars constituting the bottom frame of the wringer, say the bar 16, is left loose or unattached to the clamp 25, thus allowing .said frame to oscillate sidewise about the stud 27 as a pivot, the loose connection of the lower end of the brace rod 30 with the angle plate 33 permitting such movement. During this lateral vibration of the parts, said unattached bar rides back and forth longitudin-all on the clamp 25. Upon the forward stro e of this bar, the cam lip 29 lines in Fig. 5.

elevates the rear end of the bottom frame, straining the spring 38 as shown by dotted The result is that said spring resists undue lateral movement'of the mounting in one direction, while the brace rod 30 restrains such movement in the opposite direction.

This improved mounting is manifestly simple in construction, being composed of but few parts which are not liable to get out of order and which can be produced at a moderate cost. Furthermore, the device may be quickly applied to and removed from ordinary wash tubs, and the wringer carried thereby is always ready for use.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the cam-lip 29 is omitted and the rear end of the frame bar 16 is provided with a slot 41 which engages an upright stud 42 arranged at the corresponding end .of the clamp 25. To cushion or restrain the side'wise vibration of the frame at this point, a coil spring 43 is employed which is fastened at one end to emons a collar 44 mounted on the stud 42, while its other end is fastened to the upper side of said frame bar 16 by a screw 45 or other means. It is the function of this spring to yieldingly resist the sidewise movement of the supportin frame and its wringer in one direction as in the first-described embodiment of the invention, while the brace rod 30 and sprin 38 serve to restrain vibration of the parts in the opposite direction.

I claim as my invention:

1. A clothes-wringer mounting of the character described, comprising a member adapted for attachment to a stationary ob ject to support one side of the wringer, a second member adapted for attachment at its lower end to said. stationary object and extending upwardly and forwardly therefrom for supporting the opposite side of the wringer, said second member being in spaced relation to and disconnected from said first-named member, and a fastening device arranged in the space between said members for holding the wringer in position thereon.

2. A clothes-wringer mounting of the character described, comprising a member adapted for attachment to a stationary object to support one side of the wringer, a second member adapted for attachment at its lower end to said stationary object and having its upper end provided with a bearing portion for supporting the opposite side of the wringer, and a yielding member for holding the latter upon said members.

3. A clothes-wringer mounting of the character described, comprising a member adapted for attachment to a stationary object to support-one side of the wringer, a second member adapted for attachment at its lower end to said stationary object and having its upper end provided with a bearing portion for supporting the opposite side of the wringer, and means for holding the latter upon said members including an elastic element and an adjustable element connected thereto.

4. A clothes-wringer mounting of the character described, comprising a member adapted for attachment to a stationary object for supporting one side of the wringer, an attachment adapted to engage said stationary object at a point below said member,

a second member connected at its lower on to said attachment while its upper end is adapted to! support the opposite side of the wringer, and a yieldin connection for hold ing the latterupon said members, said conneetion being fastened at its lower end to said attachment and at its upper end to the bottom of the wringer at a point between said supportin members.

5. The combination with a clothes-wringer of the character described having a tram nttachedto its bottom,- of a member adapted rat for attachment to a stationary object for supporting one side of the wringer, a second member adapted for attachment to said stationary object for supporting the opposite side of the wringer, the latter and tits bottom-frame being capable of limited lateral vibration, and means for holding said wringer-frame upon said supporting members.

6. The combination with a clothes-wringer of the character described having a frame attached to its bottom, of a member provided with an upright stud and adapted for attachment ,to a stationary object for supporting one side of the wringer, a second member provided with an upright stud and adapted for attachment to said stationary object for supporting the opposite side of the wringer, said bottom-frame engaging the studs of said supporting member, and means for holding said wringer-frame upon the supporting members.

7. The combination with a stationary support, of a mounting for a centrifugal clothes wringer carried by said support, said wringer having two or more bearing points engaging said mounting, one of said bearing points being freely movable thereon to permit-lateral vibration of the wringer, and means for restraining the vibratory movement of the wringer.

8. The combination of a supporting member adapted for attachment to a stationary object, 'a brace-member adapted for attachment at its lower end to said object at a point below said supporting member, a centrifugal wringer having three bearing points, two of said points being connected to said supporting member and said brace member,-respectively, and the third bearing point resting upon said supporting. member and freely movable thereon to permit lat-' eral vibration of the wringer, and means for limiting the vibratory movement of the wringlelil'. v I 9. e 'co bination of a clamp having an upright stud and adapted for attachment to a stationary object, a brace member provided at its upper end with an upright stud and adapted for attachment at its lower end to said object, a centrifugal wringer provided with a bottom frame having three bearing points, one of said points resting upon said clamp and freely movable thereon to permit lateral vibration of said bottom frame, the latter being provided at the other two bearing points with openings fitted upon the studs of said clamp and said brace-member, respectively, and means for limiting the vibratory movement of said frame.

10. The combination of a supporting member adapted for attachment to a stationary object, a brace-member adapted for attachment at its lower end to said object at a point below said supporting member, a centrifugal wringer mounted on said supporting and brace-members and capable of lateral vibration, and a spring tending to hold said wringer in position upon said members, the wringer having a cam which co-operates with said supporting member and tends to lift the wringer for straining said spring.

11. The combination of a supporting member adapted for attachment to a stationary object, a brace-member adapted for attachment at its lower end to said object at a point below said supporting member, a centrifugal wringer having a plurality of bearing points, one of said points being freely movable on said supporting member and having a cam lip adapted to ride thereon to elevate the wringer under lateral vibration thereof, other bearing points of said wringer being connected to said sup-- porting member and the upper end of said brace member, respectively, and a restraining spring'tending to hold the wringer in position upon said members.

JOHN F. GEIBEL. I 

